Adam Portrais
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Now many will not like what I have to say and others may call me a genius, but I have an idea for a new type of movie theater, one for serious movie fans.
I love going to the movies but when I go I run into several problems.
One: People coming in late. I think that if you can't get there by the previews you shouldn't be there. If you rushed to get to the theater at the last second then you didn't plan to see this movie and need to pick another time or day.
Two: During the film people getting up and leaving (sometimes more than once). If you leave how will you know what happened? When you leave you disturb others and that's rude. I think that if you can't do what you have to do before the movie you shouldn't be there.
Three: People talking. What happened to the days where an usher would ask you to stop talking and if you didn't ask you to leave? If you have to discuss the film while it's going on then go somewhere else or at least do it at such a low volume that no one but the person next to you can hear you (it is possible).
Four: Children in the theater. Parents shouldn't be allowed to take a child into a film that is not intended for a small child. Talking, screaming and running around is not acceptable in a theater.
Five: Cell phones and pagers. Nothing is worse than right in the middle of the climax of a film some jackass's cell phone or pager goes off (and doesn't always seem to be that one annoying Nokia ring, that just screams "Look at me, I'm an asshole!").
My idea is for a new type of theater. One that will keep people who just "like" movies from coming in. But how do we do that you ask? Well first we do what some may not like but I think is necessary, raise the ticket price. I know what you're thinking: "Ticket prices are already too high, why do you want to raise them?" Well the truth of the matter is that "regular" movie goer will not pay more then what they are paying now and will not go to the new higher priced theater. But you will be paying for more that just a movie in this new type of movie theater, you'll be paying for a pleasant movie going experience (something that is hard to come by in theaters today). And the old saying is true: You get what you pay for."
These new theaters will have rules and regulations that other movie theaters don't or only claim to have. This theater will only allow you to purchase tickets at a certain time (i.e. no last second ticket sales and stragglers coming in five minutes into the movie). Ushers will not just be there to collect your ticket but to enforce rules and stand "guard" at the entrance to the theater (you'll find out why soon).
Once the movie has started no one else will be allowed in. Like I said before, if you can't do what you have to do before the movie starts then you don't need to be there. If you do not get to the theater in time you will not be allowed to enter and will have to leave without a refund. This will ensure that only serious movie goers who care about the movie (and movies in general) will attend.
You may leave the theater, but only once, and you will not be allowed back in. I know that there may be a case when you have to go to the bathroom or some sort of emergency comes up but once you're gone there's no coming back and disturbing others.
No pagers or cell phones will be allowed. If you have one and it goes off an usher will escort you out of the theater and ask you never to come back again. This will be the most hard and fast rule.
If you are talking during the film loud enough so others can hear you an usher will ask you to stop. If you continue the usher will escort you out of the film and you will not receive a refund. This will be the second hardest rule enforced.
No children will be admitted to movies where they are not the untidied audience. This is first and foremost an adult movie theater, but if a child looks to be of reasonable temperament then the child will be allowed in. If the child is disruptive to others during the film the child and parent or guardian will be asked to leave without a refund.
These may sound like harsh rules and you might think of me as the Hitler of the movie theater but the fact is many people don't go to the movies because of the types of people who go there (read: stupid people who have no respect for the cinema). With these rules and regulations movie goers will have the experience they intend to have. These rules will be hard for some, and those are the exact people we want keep out. For those of us who love the movies and want a pleasant movie going experience these rules will me a piece of cake. But don't think that by just paying more you won't have people who bother you because that's not all you'll get.
Since you are paying more you will get more. More leg room and more comfortable seats. All theaters will have the utmost quality in picture and sound, state of the art. The concessions will be of high quality but not quite as high prices. Everything in the theater will be designed to enhance the experience of the true cinema fan.
Is it a new radical idea that some will love and many will hate? Yes, but that is what it is designed to be.
With all this said I wold like t know what you think. Would you like to see this new form of theater or am I just living in a dream world. Let me know.
Adam Portrais
I love going to the movies but when I go I run into several problems.
One: People coming in late. I think that if you can't get there by the previews you shouldn't be there. If you rushed to get to the theater at the last second then you didn't plan to see this movie and need to pick another time or day.
Two: During the film people getting up and leaving (sometimes more than once). If you leave how will you know what happened? When you leave you disturb others and that's rude. I think that if you can't do what you have to do before the movie you shouldn't be there.
Three: People talking. What happened to the days where an usher would ask you to stop talking and if you didn't ask you to leave? If you have to discuss the film while it's going on then go somewhere else or at least do it at such a low volume that no one but the person next to you can hear you (it is possible).
Four: Children in the theater. Parents shouldn't be allowed to take a child into a film that is not intended for a small child. Talking, screaming and running around is not acceptable in a theater.
Five: Cell phones and pagers. Nothing is worse than right in the middle of the climax of a film some jackass's cell phone or pager goes off (and doesn't always seem to be that one annoying Nokia ring, that just screams "Look at me, I'm an asshole!").
My idea is for a new type of theater. One that will keep people who just "like" movies from coming in. But how do we do that you ask? Well first we do what some may not like but I think is necessary, raise the ticket price. I know what you're thinking: "Ticket prices are already too high, why do you want to raise them?" Well the truth of the matter is that "regular" movie goer will not pay more then what they are paying now and will not go to the new higher priced theater. But you will be paying for more that just a movie in this new type of movie theater, you'll be paying for a pleasant movie going experience (something that is hard to come by in theaters today). And the old saying is true: You get what you pay for."
These new theaters will have rules and regulations that other movie theaters don't or only claim to have. This theater will only allow you to purchase tickets at a certain time (i.e. no last second ticket sales and stragglers coming in five minutes into the movie). Ushers will not just be there to collect your ticket but to enforce rules and stand "guard" at the entrance to the theater (you'll find out why soon).
Once the movie has started no one else will be allowed in. Like I said before, if you can't do what you have to do before the movie starts then you don't need to be there. If you do not get to the theater in time you will not be allowed to enter and will have to leave without a refund. This will ensure that only serious movie goers who care about the movie (and movies in general) will attend.
You may leave the theater, but only once, and you will not be allowed back in. I know that there may be a case when you have to go to the bathroom or some sort of emergency comes up but once you're gone there's no coming back and disturbing others.
No pagers or cell phones will be allowed. If you have one and it goes off an usher will escort you out of the theater and ask you never to come back again. This will be the most hard and fast rule.
If you are talking during the film loud enough so others can hear you an usher will ask you to stop. If you continue the usher will escort you out of the film and you will not receive a refund. This will be the second hardest rule enforced.
No children will be admitted to movies where they are not the untidied audience. This is first and foremost an adult movie theater, but if a child looks to be of reasonable temperament then the child will be allowed in. If the child is disruptive to others during the film the child and parent or guardian will be asked to leave without a refund.
These may sound like harsh rules and you might think of me as the Hitler of the movie theater but the fact is many people don't go to the movies because of the types of people who go there (read: stupid people who have no respect for the cinema). With these rules and regulations movie goers will have the experience they intend to have. These rules will be hard for some, and those are the exact people we want keep out. For those of us who love the movies and want a pleasant movie going experience these rules will me a piece of cake. But don't think that by just paying more you won't have people who bother you because that's not all you'll get.
Since you are paying more you will get more. More leg room and more comfortable seats. All theaters will have the utmost quality in picture and sound, state of the art. The concessions will be of high quality but not quite as high prices. Everything in the theater will be designed to enhance the experience of the true cinema fan.
Is it a new radical idea that some will love and many will hate? Yes, but that is what it is designed to be.
With all this said I wold like t know what you think. Would you like to see this new form of theater or am I just living in a dream world. Let me know.
Adam Portrais